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POLICE  LAW  OF  RAILROADS 


PUERTO  RICO, 


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,GULATIONS  FOR  ITS  APPLICATICM 


PROMULGATED  ON  THE  17™  OF  FEBRUARY,  1888. 


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POLICE  LAW  OF  RAILROADS 


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PUERTO  RICO, 


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REGULATIONS  FOR  ITS  APPLICATION, 


PROMULGATED  ON  THE  17™  OF  FEBRUARY,  1888. 


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POLICE  LAW  OF  RAILROADS  OF  PUERTO  RICO. 

[Promulgated  in  the  Island  on  the  17th  of  February,  1888.] 


TITLE  I. 

REGULATIONS   APPLICABLE  TO   PUERTO  RICO  FOR  THE  PRESERVATION  OP 

PUBLIC   ROADS. 

ARTICLE  1.  The  Laws  and  Regulations  of  the  Administration  as 
to  highways  are  applicable  to — 

1.  The  preservation  of  trenches,  drains,  walls,  buildings,  and 
other  kinds  of  works. 

2.  The  rights   (servitudes)  for  the   preservation  of  the   roads 
charged  on  the  adjoining  cultivated  lands. 

3.  The  servitudes  on  these  same  lands  as  to  laying  out  lines, 
constructions  of  all  kindsv  opening  of  ditches,  free  course  of  water, 
planting,  pruning  of  trees,  working  of  mines,  lands,   places  for 
dumping  refuse  ore,  quarries,   and  any  other  whatsoever.     The 
zone  to  which  these  rights  extend  is  20  meters  011  each  side  of  the 
railroad. 

4.  The  prohibitions  the  object  of  which  is  to  prevent  all  kinds 
of  damage  to  the  road. 

5.  Prohibiting  the   placing  of   hanging  or   projecting   objects 
which  may  inconvenience  or  endanger  persons  or  the  road. 

6.  Prohibiting  the  establishment  of  deposits  of  materials,  stones, 
earth,  manure,  products  or  any  other  thing  which  may  impede 
free  transit. 

TITLE  II. 

REGULATIONS   FOR  THE   PRESERVATION   OF  ROADS   WHICH  REFER  ESPECIALLY 

TO    RAILROADS. 

ART.  2.  Along  the  whole  distance  of  the  railroad  neither  the 
ntry  nor  the  grazing  of  cattle  shall  be  allowed.     If  the  railroad 
s  to  cross  a  highway  where  cattle  pass,  the  railroad  shall  always 
ross  without  changing  or  stopping  the  progress  of  the  trains,  and 
in  the  manner  provided  for  as  a  general  rule  for  that  crossing. 

ART.  3.  In  the  future,  in  a  zone  of  3  meters  on  each  side  of  the. 
ailroad,  only  fencing  walls  shall  be  constructed,  but  no  facades 
having  openings  or  projections.  This  Regulation  does  not  refer  to 
buildings  constructed  before  the  promulgation  of  this  Law,  or.  the 
construction  of  a  railroad  which  may  be  separated  and  maintained 
in  the  condition  in  which  they  are,  but  can  not  be  rebuilt.  If  it 

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be  lit-  •"><•) rv  to  demolish  or  change  a  building  for  the  benefit  of  a 
railroad,  the  proceedings  shall  be  according  to  the  provisions  of 
Article  11  of  this  Law. 

ART.  4.  Within  the  zone  indicated  in  paragraph  3  of  Article  1, 
no  buildings  may  be  constructed,  covered  with  thatch  or  other 
combustible  materials,  when  the  railroad  is  operated  by  means  of 
locomotives. 

ART.  5.  The  prohibition  to  establish  deposits  of  materials,  earth, 
stones,  or  any  thing  mentioned  in  the  sixth  paragraph  of  Article  1, 
in  the  case  of  railroads,  includes  5  meters  on  each  side  of  the  road 
as  to  objects  not  inflammable  and  20  meters  as  to  inflammable 
objects. 

ART.  6.  The  prohibition  of  the  preceding  Article  shall  not  be 
operative  when — 

1.  The  deposits  of  combustible  material  shall  not  be  higher  than 
the  road  when  the  latter  is  on  an  embankment. 

2.  The  deposits  of  materials  to  be  employed  for  fertilizing  and 
cultivating  lands,  and  harvests  during  their  gathering,  are  tem- 
porary ;  but  in  case  of  fire  due  to  the  passing  of  locomotives  the 
owners  shall  have  no  right  to  an  indemnity. 

ART.  7.  The  Governor  of  the  Province  may  authorize,  after 
hearing  the  Engineers  of  the  Government  and  of  the  Companies, 
the  deposit  of  uninflammable  materials ;  but  the  authorization  shall 
be  revokable  at  his  will.  The  Governor  may  not  authorize  deposits 
of  inflammable  materials. 

ART.  8.  The  railroads  throughout  their  length  shall  be  fenced 
on  both  sides.  The  Secretary  of  the  Colonies,  after  hearing  the 
Company,  in  case  there  be  one,  shall  determine  for  each  line  the 
manner  in  which  and  time  when  the  fencing  is  to  be  made. 
When  railroads  cross  others  on  the  same  level,  gates  shall  be 
constructed  which  shall  be  closed  and  only  opened  when  vehicles 
and  cattle  cross  as  provided  for  in  the  regulations. 

TITLE  III. 

REGULATIONS   AS  TO  THE  PRECEDING  TITLES. 

ART.  9.  The  distances  fixed  in  paragraph  3  of  Article  1,  and  in 
Articles  3  and  5  of  this  law,  shall  be  measured  from  the  lower  line 
of  the  walls  of  the  embankment  of  the  railroads,  from  the  upper 
line  of  the  clearing,  and  from  the  outer  border  of  the  trenches ;  if 
there  be  no  such  lines  the  measures  shall  be  from  a  line  drawn  a 
meter  and  a  half  from  the  outside  of  the  railroad.  The  Regulations 
will  fix  the  minimum  distance  from  the  stations  at  which  buildings 
may  be  constructed  or  deposits  established. 

ART.  10.  The  Secretary  of  the  Colonies,  in  special  cases,  may. 
reduce  the  distances  to  which  the  preceding  article  refers,  after  the 


proper  steps  are  taken  showing  the  necessity  or  convenience  of  the 
reduction,  and  if  no  harm  is  done  to  the  regularity,  preservation, 
and  free  transit  of  the  road. 

ART.  11.  Whenever  there  exist  individual  rights  previous  to 
the  construction  of  a  railroad,  or  the.  publication  of  this  law, 
which  rights  can  not  be  enforced,  or  if  it  be  necessary  to  abolish 
these  rights  on  account  of  the  necessity  or  utility  of  the  railroads, 
the  rules  established  in  the  Law  of  June  13,  1884,  shall  be  observed 
as  to  forcible  condemnation  by  reason  of  public  utility,  and  also 
the  provisions  of  the  Laws  of  Public  Works  and  the  regulations 
issued  for  their  execution  by  the  administration. 

TITLE   IV. 

OFFENSES  OF  OWNERS  OF  CONCESSIONS  AND  LESSORS  OF  RAILROADS. 

ART.  12.  The  owner  of  the  concession  or  the  lessor  for  the  opera- 
tion of  a  railroad  who  shall  -not  comply  with  the  general  document 
of  conditions,  or  the  special  ones  of  the  concession,  or  the  resolu- 
tions for  the  execution  of  these  clauses  in  everything  referring  to 
the  operation  of  the  line,  or  of  the  telegraph,  or  as  to  navigation  or 
use  of  all  roads  or  free  course  of  waters,  shall  incur  a  fine  of  100  to 
1,000  pesos. 

ART.  13.  The  owner  of  the  concession  or  the  lessor  shall  also  be 
obliged  to  make  amends  for  the  errors  and  damages  caused  within 
the  time  fixed ;  if  he  does  not  do  so  the  administration  shall  do  it, 
demanding  from  him  the  amount  of  the  expenses  and  attaching  the 
earnings  of  the  stations. 

ART.  14.  The  owners  of  the  concession  or  lessors  of  the  railroads 
shall  be  responsible  to  the  State  and  to  individuals  for  damages 
'  caused  by  the  Managers,  Directors,  and  other  employees  in  the 
'service  and  operation  of  the  railroad  and  telegraph.  If  the  rail- 
road is  operated  by  the  State,  the  State  shall  be  subject  to  the  same 
responsibility  in  regard  to  individuals.  Let  it  be  understood  that 
what  has  been  stated  in  this  Article  is  without  prejudice  to  the  per- 
sonal responsibility  which  Managers,  Administrators,  Engineers, 
and  all  classes  of  employees  may  incur, and  the  discretionary  author- 
^ity  which  in  cases  of  strikes,  disturbances  of  public  order,  and 
conspiracies,  appertains  to  the  Government. 

ART.  15.  The  General  Government,  without  intervening  in  the 
appointment  of  the  employees  of  the  companies  for  the  service  of 
operating  the  railroad,  may  require  the  company  to  dismiss  the 
employees  whom  it  may  consider  dangerous  to  the  safety  of  pas- 
sengers and  the  maintenance  of  public  order. 

This  dismissal  shall  be  of  a  temporary  character  until  it  is 
ratified  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Colonies. 


TITLE  V. 

TRANSGRESSIONS  AND  CRIMES  AGAINST  THE  SAFETY  AND   PRESERVATION 

OF  RAILROADS. 

ART.  10.  He  who  shall  willfully  destroy  or  damage  a  railroad, 
or  place  obstacles  on  it  which  shall  obstruct  the  free  transit  or 
cause  the  derailing  of  a  train,  shall  be  punished  with  imprisonment. 
In  case  the  train  has  been  derailed,  the  imprisonment  shall  be  in 
the  penitentiary. 

ART.  17.  In  case  the  destruction  or  damage  is  caused  in  time  of 
rebellion  or  sedition,  and  the  authors  of  the  crime  do  not  appear, 
the  principal  authors  or  leaders  of  the  sedition  or  rebellion  shall 
incur  the  penalty  imposed  in  the  previous  article. 

ART.  18.  The  provisions  of  the  preceding  articles  shall  be  under- 
stood to  be  without  prejudice  to  the  civil  and  criminal  liability 
which  the  giiilty  parties  may  incur,  for  crimes  of  homicide,  wounds, 
and  injuries  of  all  kinds  which  may  occur,  and  for  those  of  rebel- 
lion and  sedition. 

ART.  19.  When  two  or  more  penalties  concur,  the  Judges  and 
Courts  shall  impose  the  greater  in  its  maximum  degree. 

ART.  20.  Those  who  threaten  the  commission  of  a  crime  in- 
cluded in  Articles  16  and  17  shall  be  punished  with  the  penalties 
provided  for  in  Article  512  of  the  Penal  Code  of  Puerto  Rico.  The 
scale  therein  established  shall  be  observed,  but  always  imposing 
the  maximum  degree,  and  when  the  degree  shall  be  fixed,  the  next 
highest  one  in  its  minimum  degree. 

ART.  21.  Whosoever  through  ignorance,  imprudence,  or  by  rea- 
son of  negligence  or  failure  to  comply  with  the  Laws  and  Regulations 
causes  in  the  Railroad  or  its  dependencies  some  damage  which  may 
injure  persons  or  property,  shall  be  punished,  according  to  Article 
592  of  the  Penal  Code  of  Puerto  Rico,  by  reason  of  gross  negligence. 

ART.  22.  The  engineers,  conductors,  brakemen,  station  masters, 
telegraph  operators,  and  other  employees  charged  with  the  service 
and  care  of  the  line,  who  abandon  their  respective  posts  while 
on  duty,  shall  be  punished  with  the  same  penalties.  But  if 
some  injury  is  occasioned  to  persons  or  things  they  shall  be  pun- 
ished with  the  penalty  of  correctional  imprisonment  or  minor  im- 
prisonment. 

ART.  23.  Those  who  interfere  with  the  Railroad  employees 
while  these  are  doing  their  duty,  shall  be  punished  with  the  penal- 
ties which  the  Penal  Code  imposes  on  those  who  resist  the  agents 
of  the  Government. 

ART.  24.  Those  who  violate  the  Regulations  included  in  Titles 
1  and  2  of  this  law,  the  Regulations  of  the  Administration,  and 
the  orders  of  the  Governors  as  to  police,  safety,  and  operation  of 


Railroads,  shall  be  punished  with  a  fine  of  6  to  00  pesos,  accord- 
ing to  the  gravity  and  circumstances  of  the  case  and  its  perpetrator. 
If  according  to  the  Penal  Code  they  have  incurred  a  graver  penalty, 
only  the  latter  shall  be  imposed.  In  case  of  recurrence  of  the 
crime,  the  fine  shall  be  from  12  to  120  pesos. 

ART.  25.  Those  not  paying  the  fine  imposed  upon  them  shall  ^be_ 
liable  to  execution  against  the  person,  according  to  the  provisions 
of  Article  49  of  the  Penal  Code  of  Puerto  Rico. 

ART.  26.  Without  prejudice  to  the  penalties  stated  in  the  pre- 
ceding articles,  those  who  shall  have  infringed  the  Regulations  of 
this  Law,  shall  destroy  the  excavations,  constructions,  and  covers, 
take  away  the  deposits  of  inflammable  material,  or  of  any  other  kind 
which  may  have  been  made,  and  repair  the  damages  occasioned  in 
the  Railroads.  The  Mayors  shall  fix  a  time  for  the  performance, 
after  hearing  the  representative  of  the  Administration  of  the  Rail- 
road, or  the  Company  itself.  If  within  the  time  fixed  this  shall 
not  be  done,  the  Government  shall  do  it  at  the  expense  of  the  party 
who  shall  have  disobeyed.  In  this  case  the  collection  of  the 
expenses  shall  be  made  in  the  same  manner  as  that  of  the  taxes. 


TITLE  VI. 

PROCEDURE. 


ART.  27.  Those  who  shall  commit  crimes  piinishable  under  this 
law  shall  be  tried  in  the  ordinary  way,  whatever  be  their  right  to 
other  trial. 

ART.  28.  Those  who  shall  have  only  incurred  a  fine,  shall  be 
excepted  from  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  article.  For  the 
imposition  of  the  fines  the  following  Rules  shall  be  observed : 

1.  The  right  to  inform  belongs  to  the  people. 

2.  The  denunciations  shall  be  made  to  the  Municipal  Judges 
in  whose  districts  the  transgression  was  committed. 

3.  The  proceedings  and  steps  in  these  actions  shall  be  the  ones 
provided  for  in  cases  of  common  transgressions. 

4.  The  testimony  of  those  in  charge  of  the  management  of  the 
road  and  the  sworn  guards  shall  be  sufficient,  except  when  ther.e  is 
evidence  to  the  contrary. 

5.  Municipal  Judges  shall  see  to  the  fulfillment  of  the  penalties 
imposed  in  these  cases. 

ART.  29.  The  penalties  imposed  on  the  owners  of  the  concessions 
or  lessors  of  the  Railroad  in  the  cases  mentioned  in  Article  12  may 
only  be  imposed  by  the  Governor  after  hearing  the  interested 
parties,  the  Chief  Engineer  of  Public  Works,  and  the  Council  of 


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Administration  which  hears  disputes.  The  fines  imposed  by  the 
Governors  on  the  owners  of  concessions  or  lessors  of  Railroads  shall 
"not  be  remitted  but  by  the  Colonial  Department,  after  hearing  the 
Council  of  State. 

Approved  by  the  Royal  Decree  of  this  date. 

BALAGUER. 
MADRID,  July  13,  1888. 


REGULATIONS  FOR  THE  APPLICATION  OF  THE  POLICE  LAW  OF 
RAILROADS  OF  THE  ISLAND  OF  PUERTO  RICO. 

[Promulgated  on  the  17th  of  February,  1888.] 


CHAPTER   I. 

ARTICLE  1.  The  inspection  and  supervision  of  the  Railroad,  not 
only  in  its  technical  part  but  also  in  the  business  part,  the  direct 
intervention  in  the  different  branches  of  its  operation,  its  police 
and  good  government,  and  everything  concerning  the  safety  of 
persons  and  the  development  of  the  material  interests,  belong  to 
the  Colonial  Department. 

ART.  2.  The  purely  technical  or  professional  parts  shall  be  in- 
trusted in  each  line  to  one  or  more  Engineers  of  the  Corps  of  Roads, 
Canals,  and  Ports;  the  administrative  and  business  part  to  the 
officers  elected  by  the  Colonial  Department.  Of  both  branches  two 
inspections  shall  be  created  independent  one  of  the  other,  and  both 
devoted  to  the  best  public  service  with  different  obligations  and 
duties.  They  may  also  be  consolidated. 

ART.  3.  The  organization,  rights,  and  duties  of  the  technical  and 
administrative  inspections  shall  be  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  the  special  Regulations  which  may  have  been  ordered 
for  the  service  of  the  same,  or  may  be  ordered  in  the  future  by  the 
Colonial  Department. 

CHAPTER   II. 

THE   ROAD  AND  ITS   PRESERVATION. 

ART.  4.  The  erection  of  dams,  wells,  and  troughs  at  a  distance 
of  less  than  20  meters  on  each  side  of  the  Railroad  is  prohibited. 
This  distance  of  20  meters  shall  be  measured  from  the  lower  lines 
of  the  walls  of  the  embankments,  from  the  upper  line  of  the  clear- 
ing, and  from  the  outer  edge  of  the  trenches  when  the  Railroad  is 
on  a  level.  When  these  lines  do  not  exist,  the  distance  of  20 
meters  shall  be  counted  from  a  line  parallel  to  the  outer  rail  at  a 
meter  and  a  half  from  it. 

ART.  5.  The  farmers  on  the  land  adjoining  the  road  shall  incur 
the  penalty  provided  for  in  Article  24  of  the  Law  whenever  by  their 
plantings,  works  of  cultivation,  or  in  any  other  manner  inclosures 
or  the  supporting  walls,  the  braces  of  the  culverts,  the  abutments 
of  the  bridges,  and  other  works  of  the  railroads  are  damaged. 

ART.  6.  Article  24  of  the  Law  shall  be  applied  equally,  not  only 
to  the  farmers  who,  in  the  labor  of  improvements  of  their  fields 

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adjoining  the  Railroad,  shall  throw  in  the  trenches  eartlij  manure, 
leaves,  or  any  other  material  which  may  prevent  the  free  course 
of  the  waters,  but  also  to  ranchmen  who  in  the  care,  grazing,  or 
driving  of  their  cattle,  cause  the  same  damage. 

ART.  7.  The  owners  or  lessors  of  lands  adjoining  railroads  shall 
not — 

1.  Obstruct  the  free  course  of  waters  proceeding  from  the  Rail- 
road by  constructing  ditches,  roads,  or  bypaths,  or  by  raising  their 
embankments. 

2.  Cut  trees  within  a  zone  20  meters  on  each  side  of  the  Railroad 
without  a  previous  license  from  the  local  authority,  and  examina- 
tion by  the  technical  experts. 

3.  Pull  out  roots  or  remove  the  earth  in  the  slopes  or  lands 
adjoining  the  road,  which  may  cause  a  breaking  of  the  land,  and 

"directly  or  indirectly  may  obstruct  or  embarrass  the  transit.  The 
work  necessary  for  the  repair  of  these  damages  shall  be  made  at  the 
expense  of  the  offender  without  prejudice  to  the  penalties  which 
he  may  have  incurred  according  to  the  previous  articles. 

ART.  8.  The  owners  or  conductors  of  vehicles,  horses,  or  other 
cattle  may  not,  even  to  enter  adjoining  lands  or  to  leave  them, 
cross  the  Railroads  but  by  such  points  fixed  for  that  purpose. 
This  prohibition  includes  also  owners  or  drivers  of  carriages, 
shepherds,  and  cattlemen  who  leave  their  horses  or  cattle  at  liberty, 
and  graze  them  in  the  zones  adjoining  the  Railroad. 

ART.  9.  No  sheds,  covers,  stands,  or  movable  stands  shall  be 
allowed  in  the  zone  of  the  Railroads,  even  for  the  sale  of  food,  if 
their  owners  have  not  previously  obtained  the  proper  license  from 
the  competent  authority. 

ART.  10.  Whosoever  willfully  or  by  omission  or  negligence,  shall 
damage  or  destroy,  with  his  cattle  or  vehicles,  the  works  or  de- 
pendencies of  the  Railroads,  such  as  parapets,  the  copings  or  walls, 
the  kilometric  posts,  telegraph  posts,  wires  and  insulators,  signal 
posts,  signs,  time  tables  for  the  public,  and  the  pipes  and  water 
deposit,  shall  incur  the  penalty  stated  in  Article  21  of  the  Law. 

This  Article  is  also  applicable  to  those  who,  without  proper  au- 
thority, shall  cut  or  destroy  trees  planted  in  the  zone  fixed  in  Arti- 
cle 4  on  each  side  of  the  Railroad. 

ART.  11.  Nobody,  without  previous  authorization,  within  the 
zone  of  20  meters,  measured  in  the  manner  stated  in  Article  4,  shall 
construct  dams  or  works,  open  canals  for  taking  or  leading  waters, 
erect  buildings,  walls,  culverts,  or  other  works. 

This  zone  of  20  meters  shall  be  measured  at  the  stations  from  the 
inclosure  or  boundary  which  limits  the  land  belonging  to  the 
station. 


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ART.  12.  The  petitions  for  construction  or  rebuilding  in  the 
Railroad  zones  shall  be  addressed  to  the  Alcalde  of  the  respective 
towns,  stating  the  place,  object,  and  details  of  the  proposed  work. 

The  Alcalde  shall  send  them  immediately,  with  his  report  and  the 
observations  which  he  may  deem  proper,  to  the  Engineer  in  charge 
of  the  technical  inspection,  and  he,  after  an  examination  and  ^ 
hearing  of  the  Company,  shall  determine  the  distance  between, 
the  road  and  the  work,  fixing  the  alignment  and  the  precautions 
and  technical  conditions,  which  must  be  complied  with  in  the 
construction. 

It  is  obligatory  for  the  interested  parties  to  submit  the  plans  of 
the  work  to  the  Engineer  in  charge  of  the  technical  inspection 
whenever  he  shall  deem  it  convenient  to  examine  them. 

ART.  13.  If  the  Engineer  and  the  Alcalde  agree  as  to  the  pro- 
posed constructions  in  the  zones  of  the  road,  the  Alcalde  shall 
immediately  grant  the  license  requested. 

When  they  disagree,  and  the  interested  party  objects  to  the  con- 
ditions proposed  by  the  Engineer,  the  proceedings  shall  pass  to  the 
Governor  of  the  Province",  who,  after  hearing  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  the  Provincial  Deputation  and  the  Chief  of  Public  Works, 
shall  determine  on  what  he  may  deem  best. 

In  case  any  of  the  parties  shall  be  dissatisfied  wrth  his  decision, 
the  Secretary  of  the  Colonies  shall  decide,  finally,  through  the  Gov- 
ernment channel,  without  any  further  appeal. 

ART.  14.  After  the  report  of  the  Engineer  in  charge  of  the  tech- 
nical inspection,  the  Alcalde  shall  order  the  works  to  be  demolished 
which  may  have  been  constructed  in  the  zone  of  the  Railroad  with- 
out the  proper  license,  as  well  as  those  constructed  after  the  grant- 
ing of  the  license  which  do  not  fulfill  the  required  conditions. 

ART.  15.  If  the  houses  and  other  buildings  erected  in  any  part 
within  the  zone  of  easement  of  the  Railroad,  measured  in  the  form 
provided  for  in.  Articles  4  to  11,  and  especially  if  the  wall  at  the 
sides  of  the  road  shall  threaten  to  fall,  the  Company  shall  immedi- 
ately inform  the  Engineer,  so  that  he  may  immediately  proceed  to 
the  examination. 

If  this  examination  shows  its  bad  condition  or  uiisafety,  the  Engi- 
neer shall  inform  the  Alcalde,  stating  whether  the  ruin  is  or  is  not 
imminent,  and  whether  the  building  is  among  those  the  wall  of 
which  must  be  moved  back. 

ART.  16.  The  prohibition  imposed  by  Article  3  of  the  Law  to 
erect  within  3  meters  distance,  any  other  construction  but  a  wall  or 
fence,  also  includes  a  prohibition  to  open  in  it  doors,  windows,  or 
any  other  openings  which  may  face  the  road. 

ART.  17.  The  plans  of  those  works  which  may  cross  the  road  or 
impose  an  easement  thereon  more  or  less  directly,  shall  be  submitted 


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to  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Colonies,  who  shall  decide, 
after  hearing  the  Company,  the  Engineer  in  Chief  of  the  Public 
Works,  and  the  Governor  of  the  Province. 

ART.  18.  By  all  possible  means,  the  Company  shall  assure— 

1.  The  maintenance  in  good  condition  of  the  Railroad  and  all  its 
appurtenances. 

2.  The  care  and  service  of  the  gates  in  the  level  crossings. 

3.  The  supervision  and  proper  work  of  the  switches  in  the  changes 
and  crossings  of  the  road,  and  in  the  signals  adopted,  in  daytime 
as  well  as  at  night. 

4.  The  lighting  of  the  stations  and  level  crossings,  which  the 
Governor  General  shall  order  from  the  setting  of  the  sun  to  the  time 
of  running  the  last  train. 

5.  The  lighting  of  the  tunnels,  which  shall  also  be  determined 
by  the  Governor,  and -which  shall  be  constantly  lighted  while  the 
road  is  in  operation. 

ART.  19.  For  the  more  exact  fulfillment  of  the  previous  article 
there  shall  be,  at  all  the  points  deemed  necessary,  road  keepers, 
switch  tenders,  and  watchmen,  day  and  night,  in  sufficient  number 
for  the  safety  of  the  trains  and  the  success  of  the  service. 

During  the  service  of  these  employees,  they  shall  never  abandon 
their  post,  without  express  authority  of  the  chief  on  whom  they 
depend,  and  without  having  been  substituted. 

ART.  20.  When,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Governor  General,  the  means 
employed  by  the  Company  are  insufficient  to  assure  the  safety  of 
the  service,  he  shall  adopt,  of  his  own  accord,  after  hearing  the 
Company,  the  measures  which  in  each  case  he  may  deem  proper  and 
which  public  interests  demand. 

ART.  21.  The  technical  inspection,  in  agreement  with  the  com- 
pany, shall  organize  in  the  most  convenient  manner  the  service 
and  police  of  the  gates. 

ART.  22.  Whenever  it  is  necessary  for  the  maintenance  of  the 
works,  or  safety  of  persons  or  merchandise,  to  open  outer  ditches, 
erect  defenses  and  trenches,  or  to  commence  other  works  of  the 
same  nature,  the  company  shall  proceed  immediately  to  make  them 
at  the  points  designated  by  the  Government. 

ART.  23.  The  Engineer  of  Public  Works,  when  the  owner  of  the 
concession  or  lessor  within  the  fixed  time  shall  not  repair  the  dam 
ages,  or  shall  not  have  the  works  completed,  shall,  after  the  order 
of  the  Governor  General,  repair  said  damages  or  injuries  or  do  the 
work  necessary  under  the  administration  system.  The  Governor 
shall  order  the  attachment  of  the  funds  of  the  neighboring  stations 
to  meet  the  payment  of  the  said  works  or  repairs.  A  receipt  for 
the  funds  attached  shall  be  given  to  the  station  masters.  These 
documents  shall  be  afterwards  exchanged  for  the  verified  accounts 


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of  expenses  in  the  form  in  which  the  works  of  the  State  are  vouched 
for.  If  there  be  opposition  to  the  seizure  of  the  funds,  aid  shall  be 
asked  of  the  Governor  of  the  Province,  who  shall  give  it,  even  if  it 
be  with  the  troops  at  his  command. 

ART.  24.  The  division  of  the  line  in  kilometers,  the  levels,  the 
radii  and  lengths  of  the  curves,  shall  be  fixed  according  to  the  pro- 
visions ordered  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Colonies.  They  should  bep 
whenever  possible,  011  the  right  of  the  road,  and  starting  from  San 
Juan  de  Puerto  Rico,  and  from  the  coast  toward  the  interior. 

CHAPTER  III. 

STATIONS. 

ART.  25.  Every  station  shall  have  on  its  principal  facade  an 
inscription  stating  its  name,  and  a  clock  for  the  regulation  of  the 
service  of  the  same  and  the  movement  of  the  trains. 

All  the  clocks  of  the  line  shall  be  regulated  daily  by  the  time  of 
the  meridian  of.  San  Juan  de  Puerto  Rico,  whenever  the  line  con- 
nects with  that  Capital  without  a  break ;  and  if  there  be  a  break, 
they  shall  be  regulated  by  that  of  the  most  important  station. 

All  the  crossings  for  pedestrians,  vehicles,  and  horses  shall  also 
have  signs,  so  that  all  the  bureaus,  offices,  warehouses,  workshops, 
and  other  dependencies  of  the  Company  may  be  known. 

ART.  2(3.  Any  ticket  with  changes  or  erasures  shall  be  refused 
as  worthless. 

ART.  27.  The  Railroad  administration,  to  insure  the  safety  of 
baggage,  packages,  or  merchandise,  shall  issue  to  their  owners,  or 
those  in  charge  of  them  who  may  represent  the  owners,  proper 
receipts,  stating  therein  the  name  and  kind  of  package  delivered, 
the  transportation  rate  charged,  and  any  other  matters  which  may 
be  considered  necessary  for  the  better  carrying  out  of  the  service. 

In  these  receipts  the  time,  according  to  the  Regulations,  within 
which  the  baggage,  packages,  or  merchandise  are  to  reach  their 
destination  must  be  stated. 

ART.  28.  In  the  most  public  places  in  each  station,  the  announce- 
ment of  the  office  hours,  as  well  as  the  hours  for  the  sale  of  tickets, 
as  also  the  time-tables  and  rates,  shall  be  constantly  on  view. 

ART.  29.  All  the  stations  shall  have  a  superior  chief,  to  whom 
all  the  other  employees  of  the  stations  shall  be  subordinate. 

ART.  30.  There  shall  be  in  the  stations  designated  by  the  Gov- 
ernor General — 

1.  Departments  for  the  officers  of  inspection  and  telegraph. 

2.  A  depository  in   the  manner  determined   by  the  Company, 
where  lost  articles  belonging  to  travelers  shall  be  taken  care  of. 

3.  A  medicine  chest,  bandages,  and  other  things  needed  in  case 
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ART.  31.  The  Governor  General  shall  have  power  to  adopt  all  the 
proper  measures  for  the  best  order  and  policing  of  the  station,  the 
entry,  movement,  and  stoppages  in  the  yards  of  public  and  private 
conveyances  used  to  transport  passengers  and  merchandise,  and 
must  inform  the  Colonial  Department,  so  that  it  shall  confirm, 
reform,  or  revoke  the  orders  that  have  been  issued.  All  privilege 
and  favor  of  common  carriers  as  to  entry,  movement,  and  stoppage 
in  the  neighborhood  of  the  stations  are  prohibited. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

MATERIAL  EMPLOYED  IN  THE  SERVICE. 

ART.  32.  The  number  of  locomotives,  tenders,  and  other  vehicles 
to  be  used  in  the  service  shall  be  determined  in  the  document  of 
the  conditions  of  the  concession.  If,  for  the  best  public  service, 
it  be  necessary  to  increase  the  material,  the  Secretary  of  the  Colo- 
nies, after  hearing  the  Company,  shall  take  such  action  as  may  be 
proper  to  obtain  it. 

ART.  33.  The  locomotive  shall  always  be  provided  with  all  the 
necessary  apparatus  to  prevent  all  danger  from  fire,  and  shall  never 
be  used  until  after  examination  by  the  technical  inspection.  When, 
because  of  wear  or  any  other  cause,  a  locomotive  shall  have  been 
withdrawn  from  use,  it  shall  not  be  again  employed,  even  after 
repairing  it,  without  an  examination  by  the  technical  inspection 
and  express  permission. 

ART.  34.  The  axles  of  locomotives,  tenders,  and  other  rolling 
stock  of  the  Company  shall  be  wrought,  strong  and  compact,  of 
smooth  surface,  without  ridges  or  indentations,  and  perfectly 
adapted  to  the  service  to  be  rendered. 

ART.  35.  In  case  cast  wheels  are  used,  they  shall  be  massive,  and 
must  be  cast  in  a  metal  mold.  The  Government  may  prohibit  the 
use  of  such  wheels  when,  after  trial,  it  shall  appear  that  they  may 
cause  accidents  imperiling  the  safety  of  the  passengers. 

ART.  36.  All  the  Companies  shall  state,  in  a  numbered  registry, 
the  locomotives  in  use,  stating  the  day  they  began  service,  the 
work  done,  the  repairs  or  changes  made,  and  the  successive  renewal 
of  the  different  parts.  In  these  statements  shall  also  be  included 
the  observations  and  remarks  deemed  necessary  to  form  the  sta- 
tistics of  the  material  in  use  by  the  Railroad. 

ART.  37.  In  other  special  and  difterent  registries  from  those  stated 
in  the  previous  article,  a  statement  shall  be  made  showing  the  de- 
tails of  the  axles  of  the  locomotives  and  tenders,  stating  in  the 
margin  the  number  of  each  one,  the  manufacturer  thereof,  the  day 
they  were  first  used,  the  tests  to  which  they  were  submitted,  their 
constant  and  periodic  work,  and  the  accidents  and  various  repairs. 
For  this  purpose  each  axle  shall  have  its  number  engraved  thereon. 


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These  registries,  made  with  the  greatest  possible  care,  'shall  be 
presented  by  the  Companies  to  the  Engineers  in  charge  of  the  tech- 
nical inspection  whenever  they  may  deem  it  proper  to  examine 
them. 

ART.  38.   Only  the  persons  employed  for  the  purpose  by  the  Com- 
pany shall  fire  locomotives.     When  ready  for  use,  the  engineer  or 
fireman  shall  constantly  remain  on  the  platform  of  the  locomotive^ 
wherever  it  may  be,  on  the  main  line  or  branches. 

ART.  39.  The  tenders,  besides  the  conditions  of  solidity  and 
safety,  shall  have  the  necessary  capacity  to  contain  greater  quan- 
tities of  water  and  fuel  than  those  which  the  accompanying  loco- 
motives can  consume  during  the  run  from  one  deposit  to  another. 
They  shall  also  have  the  necessary  room  to  carry  a  box  of  such  tools 
and  implements  as  may  be  determined  upon. 

ART.  40.  The  vehicles  to  be  used  for  the  transportation  of  pas- 
sengers shall  not  be  used  without  the  authorization  of  the  technical 
inspection.  This  authorization  shall  be  granted  when,  in  accord- 
ance with  the  provisions  of  the  Government,  they  shall  be 
acknowledged  to  have  all  the  requisites  for  the  safety  and  comfort 
of  the  passengers. 

ART.  41.  The  place  assigned  to  each  passenger  shall  be  at  least 
45  centimeters  wide,  65  centimeters  long,  and  1  meter  45  centime- 
ters high,  measured  from  the  seat.  In  the  interior  of  all  passen- 
ger cars  there  shall  be  a  sign  stating  not  only  the  number  and 
letter  of  the  car,  according  to  its  class,  but  also  the  number  of  its 
seats,  the  divisions  being  clearly  made ;  and  also  a  frame  contain- 
ing such  part  of  these  regulations  as  refer  to  passengers. 

ART.  42.  All  locomotives,  tenders,  and  cars  of  a  train  shall 
have — 

1.  The  name  or  initials  of  the  Railroad  to  which  they  belong. 

2.  Their  regular  numbers. 

3.  If  they  be  passenger  cars,  the  class  to  which  they  belong. 
ART.  43.  The  Company  shall  constantly  keep  in  good  condition 

the  rolling  stock,  in  proportion  to  the  extent  and  especial  needs  of 
the  line. 

ART.  44.  The  Administration  shall  have  exclusive  jurisdiction 
of  all  appeals  which  may  arise  against  the  decisions  of  the  tech- 
nical inspection,  the  object  of  which  shall  be  to  abandon  that  part 
of  the  stock  which  is  useless,  to  order  necessary  repairs,  and  to 
adopt  such  measures  as  may  be  required  for  the  good  order  and 
safety  of  the  service. 

f  CHAPTER  V. 

FORMATION   OF  TRAINS. 
ART.  45.  The  Governor  General,  at  the  request  of  the  Company 
and  within  the  provisions  of  the  concession,  shall  determine  for 


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the  different  points  of  the  line,  and  as  the  circumstances  may 
require — 

1.  The  speed. 

2.  The  maximum  number  of  cars. 

3.  The  maximum  of  weight  to  be  carried  in  freight  trains. 

4.  The  number  and  weight  of  the  cars  with  brakes,  and  the 
place  they  are  to  occupy  in  the  train,  the  last  car  in  a  train  being 
necessarily  of  this  kind.     The  Governor  shall  report  to  the  Colo- 
nial Department  concerning  the  carrying  out  of  these  provisions. 

ART.  46.  Every  engineer  running  an  engine  shall  have  the  nec- 
essary means  to  make  such  signals  as  are  provided  for  by  the 
Regulations. 

ART.  47.  The  number  of  passenger  cars  of  each  train  shall  be  in 
accordance  with  the  regulations  governing  the  running  of  the 
same.  Nevertheless,  all  necessary  trains  shall  be  run  so  as  to 
enable  all  those  who  desire  to  travel  to  do  so.  A  special  order 
shall  determine  the  maximum  number  of  cars  which  shall  form  a 
train,  in  case  there  are  two  tracks. 

At  different  points  of  the  line  depots  of  cars  shall  be  established, 
the  trains  being  completed  with  these  cars  when  the  number  of 
passengers  and  the  best  public  service  demand  it. 

ART.  48.  The  locomotive  shall  always  be  at  the  head  of  the 
train.  Nevertheless  this  order  may  be  changed,  if  convenient,  in 
order  to  facilitate  and  render  safer  the  necessary  movements  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  stations  and  in  case  of  necessary  aid  to  another 
train.  In  these  cases  the  speed  shall  not  exceed  16  kilometers  per 
hour. 

ART.  49.  In  placing  the  cars  forming  passenger  and  mixed 
trains,  the  orders  issued  by  the  Governor  General  shall  be  carried 
out,  after  hearing  the  Chief  Engineer  of  Public  Works  of  the 
Island,  and  also  the  Company,  and  after  informing  the  Colonial 
Department. 

ART.  50.  Only  in  conformity  with  the  instructions  given  by  the 
Colonial  Department,  and  under  such  conditions  as  it  may  deem 
proper,  may  the  cars  of  common  carriers  form  part  of  the  trains. 

ART.  51.  The  carrying  in  passenger  cars  of  all  material  which 
may  cause  explosions  or  fires  is  prohibited. 

ART.  52.  The  cars  and  wagons  which  go  to  make  up  a  train, 
shall  have  couplings  at  the  same  height,  and  the  centers  of  these 
at  equal  distances,  so  that  they  may  be  coupled  without  difficulty. 

ART.  53.  The  couplings  of  cars  shall  always  be  kept  perfectly 
clean  and  oiled. 

ART.  54.  Every  train  shall  be  drawn  by  a  single  engine,  except 
in  cases  of  aid  on  account  of  damage  or  other  serious  reason, 


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when  another  engine  may  be  employed,  as  well  as  in  cases  where 
the  Company  shall  have  been  previously  authorized  by  the  Gov- 
ernment. 

ART.  55.  More  than  two  fired  locomotives  shall  never  be  placed 
in  a  passenger  train,  and,  in  general,  they  both  shall  be  placed  at 
the  head  of  the  train,  although  in  special  cases,  and  always  with 
the  authorization  of  the  Colonial  Department,  a  different  disposl-" 
tion  may  be  made.  At  the  head  and  following  the  tenders,  there 
shall  be  one  or  two  cars  which  do  not  carry  passengers,  according 
to  whether  one  or  two  locomotives  are  attached.  At  the  end  of 
the  train  another  car  without  passengers  shall  always  be  placed, 
unless  the  company  is  authorized  by  the  Government  to  leave  out 
the  end  car. 

In  the  passenger  trains  there  shall  always  be  a  car  with  a  water- 
closet.  The  end  car  may  be  omitted  whenever  continuous  auto- 
matic brakes  are  used  on  the  whole  train. 

ART.  56.  In  a  special  registry,  the  causes  which  may  have  occa- 
sioned the  employment  of  two  engines  in  the  same  train  shall  be 
stated,  whenever  the  Company  is  not  authorized  to  do  so,  also 
stating  the  time  thus  employed  and  the  reasons  justifying  it. 
Those  charged  with  the  surveillance  of  the  service  may  examine 
these  reasons  and  other  memoranda  referring  to  it,  whenever  the 
best  public  service  demands  it. 

ART.  57.  In  due  time  and  after  full  inspection,  the  engineer 
shall  satisfy  himself  that  the  locomotive  and  tenders  in  his  care 
are  in  good  serviceable  condition,  and  are  provided  with  the 
necessary  spare  parts. 

ART.  58.  The  chief  of  the  trains,  immediately  on  receiving 
them,  shall  examine  them  with  the  greatest  care,  so  as  to  be  sure 
that  they  are  ready  for  service. 

ART.  59.  When  there  is  insufficient  freight  in  the  car  of  the 
chief  of  the  train,  it  shall  be  filled  with  ballast.  The  weight  of 
this  ballast  shall  be  fixed  by  the  Governor  General  for  each  line, 
after  hearing  the  company  and  the  Chief  of  Public  Works. 

ART.  60.  The  chief  of  the  train,  the  brakeman,  and  the  engineer, 
shall  be,  as  far  as  practicable,  in  communication  during  the  run, 
so  as  to  be  able  to  give  the  signal  of  alarm  in  case  of  accident. 

ART.  61.  The  train  once  running,  shall  carry  the  lights  and  sig- 
nals provided  for  in  the  Regulations  of  August  8,  1872,  in  force  in 
Spain,  and  which  are  now  extended  to  Puerto  Rico,  or  those  Regu- 
lations which  may  in  the  future  be  provided  for  by  the  Colonial 
Department,  after  hearing  the  Companies. 

ART.  62.  The  passenger  cars  shall  be  lighted  inside  at  night,. and 
also  during  the  day,  when  going  through  the  tunnels  determined 

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by  the  Government,  all  preparations  being  made  for  that  purpose 
in  the  nearest  station,  according  to  the  run. 

ART.  63.  Before  a  train  moves,  the  employees  who  are  to  go 
with  it  shall  punctually  occupy  their  proper  places,  and  in  due  time 
the  chief  of  the  station  shall  give  the  signal  which  advises  them  to 
take  their  places,  the  engineer  finally  repeating  it  with  a  whistle. 

ART.  64.  At  such  points  on  the  line  as  the  Colonial  Department, 
after  hearing  the  Company,  shall  designate,  there  shall  be  engines 
for  aid  or  in  reserve,  always  fired  and  ready  for  service,  by  day 
as  well  as  by  night. 

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ART.  65.  A  special  Regulation  drawn  by  the  Government,  after 
hearing  the  Companies,  shall  determine  the  service  of  locomotives, 
specially  devoted  to  aid,  without  loss  of  time,  the  trains  delayed, 
or  in  difficulties,  for  any  reason  whatsoever. 

At  the  point  in  the  station  where  the  auxiliary  locomotives  are 
placed,  there  shall  always  be  a  repair  car  with  the  tools  and  outfit 
which,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Governor,  are  considered  necessary. 

The  trains  which  may"  be  used  for  the  speedy  aid  of  passengers 
and  train  in  case  of  accident,  shall  also  have  a  repair  car. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

PROVISIONS  AS    TO    THE    RUN,  AND   STOPPAGE    AT    INTERMEDIATE    STATIONS,  AND 

ARRIVAL  OF  TRAINS. 

ART.  66.  At  the  request  of  the  Companies,  the  Colonial  Depart- 
ment shall  determine  the  running  of  the  trains,  and  of  single 
engines  on  double-track  roads,  as  well  as  the  turn-outs  in  single- 
track  roads. 

ART.  67.  No  train  shall  start  from  the  station  before  the  hour 
designated  in  the  time-table. 

ART.  68.  The  existing  provisions,  or  those  which  may  hereafter 
be  adopted  by  the  Colonial  Department,  shall  be  enforced,  as  to 
the-  time  which  must  elapse  between  the  starting  of  a  train,  to  the 
next  one  which  must  follow  according  to  the  schedule.  In  the 
time  between  the  two  trains,  no  other  trains  or  single  engines  shall 
be  allowed  to  leave,  except  in  cases  of  aid  and  succor,  or  when  the 
Company  shall  be  properly  authorized  therefor  by  the  Government. 
In  the  vicinity  of  the  stations,  signals  shall  be  placed,  which  shall 
immediately  inform  the  engineers  whether  or  not  they  may  bring 
their  locomotives  into  the  station.  The  engineer  shall  stop  the 
train  as  soon  as  he  observes  the  signal  to  do  so. 

ART.  70.  Only  in  case  of  accident,  or  force  majeure,  or  repair  of 
the  line,  shall  the  train  stop  on  the  line. 


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ART.  71.  The  existing  provisions,  or  those  hereafter  adopted  by 
the  Colonial  Department,  shall  be  enforced,  after  hearing  the  Com- 
panies, to  determine — 

1.  The  special  measures  of  precaution  and  safety  which  may  be 
deemed  necessary  for  the  running  of   trains  on  grades,  tunnels, 
and  curves. 

2.  The  highest  speed  of  passenger  and  freight  trains  011  the  dif- 
ferent sections  of  the  line. 

3.  The  time  which  must  be  employed  to  make  the  trip. 

4.  The  precautions  which  should  be  adopted  for  the  dispatch  and 
running  of  special  trains. 

ART.  72.  When  a  company  shall  decide  to  run  a  special  train, 
and  shall  advise  the  engineer  in  charge  of  the  inspection,  stating 
the  reason  of  the  run  and  the  hour  of  departure,  the  company  shall 
be  held  responsible  for  any  accident  which  may  occur. 

The  departure  of  these  special  trains  shall  be  announced  by  tele- 
graph to  all  the  stations. 

ART.  73.  Whenever  for  any  reason  the  train  or  single  engine 
stops  011  the  line,  signals  indicating  it  shall  be  placed  400  meters 
on  either  side  of  this  point. 

ART.  74.  The  signal  system,  shall  conform  with  the  provisions  of 
the  existing  Regulations,  or  those  which  may  hereafter  be  issued 
by  the  Colonial  Department,  after  hearing  the  Companies. 

ART.  75.  At  a  distance  of  300  meters  from  a  crossing  with 
another  railroad  or  tramway,  the  engineer  shall  slow  up  so  that  he 
may  make  a  full  stop  before  reaching  that  point,  if  the  circum- 
stances demand  it. 

ART.  76.  The  Colonial  Department,  after  hearing  the  Company, 
shall  designate  the  points  where  signals  are  to  be  placed,  showing 
the  direction  in  which  switches  are  turned. 

ART.  77.  When  the  trains  shall  approach  the  stations  where  they 
must  stop,  the  engineer  shall  regulate  the  speed  at  such  distance 
as  he  may  deem  proper,  so  that  it  shall  not  pass  the  station  plat- 
form where  the  passengers  are  to  alight.  He  may  also,  according 
to  circumstances,  stop  the  locomotive  before  reaching  said  point, 
afterwards  reaching  it  by  running  it  again. 

ART.  78.  The  engineer  shall  slow  up  his  engine,  not  only  in  large 
cuts  where  there  are  curves,  bat  also  at  other  points  of  the  line 
which  do  not  permit  a  large  surface  of  the  road  to  be  seen. 

ART.  79.  When,  because  of  unavoidable  accident,  the  locomotive 
shall  run  with  the  tender  ahead,  whether  alone  or  with  the  train, 
the  engineer  shall  take  the  greatest  precautions,  the  speed  in  such 
cases  not  exceeding  20  kilometers  per  hour. 

ART.  80.  When  the  engineer  approaches  stations,  grade  cross- 
ings, curves,  cuts,  or  tunnels,  he  shall  sound  the  steam  whistle  to 


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announce  the  approach  of  the  train.  The  same  signal  shall  always 
be  repeated  when  there  is  doubt  as  to  whether  the  line  is  completely 
clear. 

ART.  81.  On  the  arrival  of  the  train  at  stations,  their  names,  and 
the  time  of  stoppage,  shall  be  repeatedly  and  loudly  announced. 

ART.  82.  While  the  trains  remain  in  the  stations  they  shall  be 
in  charge  of  the  station  master,  who  shall,  therefore,  be  responsible 
for  whatever  happens  in  the  station. 

ART.  83.  The  chief  of  the  train,  011  the  run,  is  chief  of  all  the 
employees  thereon,  including  the  engineer  and  fireman. 

ART.  84.  When  two  locomotives  draw  the  same  train,  the  person 
who  has  charge  of  the  first  shall  regulate  the  run. 

The  second  locomotive  shall  act  only  as  additional  force,  and  as 
a  mere  auxiliary. 

ART.  85.  The  engineer  who  runs  a  locomotive  without  a  train 
shall  always  do  so  on  his  own  responsibility,  and  the  fireman  shall 
obey  the  signals  ordered  by  him  in  accordance  with  the  Regulations. 

ART.  86.  The  engineer  and  fireman  in  charge  of  the  service  shall 
be  the  only  ones  on  the  locomotive. 

From  this  prohibition  are  excepted  the  Engineers  in  charge  of 
the  technical  inspection,  their  assistants  who  have  an  order  or 
authorization  of  a  chief,  and  the  agents  of  the  Company  duly 
authorized  for  the  purpose. 

In  every  case  special  care  shall  be  taken  that  the  number  of  per- 
sons shall  never  be  in  the  way  of  the  handling  and  best  service  of 
the  engine. 

ART.  87.  The  Colonial  Secretary  shall  designate  the  stations  in 
which  records  of  the  delays  of  trains  shall  be  kept,  as  determined 
by  each  Company.  In  these  records  the  nature  and  make-up  of  the 
trains  shall  be  stated,  the  numbers  of  the  locomotives  drawing 
them,  the  hours  of  departure  and  arrival,  and  the  causes  and  dura- 
tion of  the  delay. 

The  agents  in  charge  of  the  inspections  may  examine  these 
records  whenever  they  may  deem  it  proper  for  the  better  fulfill- 
ment of  their  duties. 

ART.  88.  By  the  quickest  and  most  expeditious  means  at  his 
command,  the  chief  of  the  train  in  operation  shall  advise  the  master 
of  the  next  station  of  any  accident  which  may  occur. 

The  station  master  shall  immediately  communicate  with  the 
engineer  in  charge  of  the  inspection  of  the  line,  or  with  his  sub- 
ordinate, and,  in  a  proper  case,  with  the  superior  authority  of  the 
locality. 

ART.  89.  The  urgent  measures  adopted  by  the  Governor  General, 
proposed  by  the  Chief  of  Public  Works,  and  referring  to  the  safety 


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of  tne  trains,  shall  be  obligatory  for  the  Companies  when  said 
measures  shall  have  been  communicated  to  the  directors. 

ART.  90.  Thirty  days  before  the  date  on  which  it  is  to  go  into 
operation,  a  sufficient  number  of  copies  of  the  schedule  of  all  trains 
shall  be  sent  to  the  Chiefs  of  the  technical  and  administrative 
inspection,  who,  with  their  report,  shall  send  them  to  the  Governor 
General  within  the  next  ten  days,  for  his  approval,  in  order  thatlie 
may  make  the  changes  which  he  may  deem  proper. 

ART.  91.  Before  approving  a  new  schedule  of  trains  for  a  line 
the  Railroad  Companies  which  are  affected  thereby  must  agree,  and 
the  consent  of  the  Governor  General  must  be  previously  obtained; 
and  he  shall  hear  the  Department  of  Communications  in  reference 
to  the  service  of  the  trains  which  are  to  carry  the  Government  mail. 

ART.  92.  If  the  Governor  General,  on  receiving  the  schedule  of 
the  trains,  shall  allow  the  thirty  days  designated  in  Article  90  to 
elapse  without  giving  any  answer  whatever  to  the  Company,  the 
latter  shall  put  it  in  force,  considering  it  approved. 

ART.  93.  When  a  new  system  in  the  service  of  the  Railroad  shall 
be  adopted,  or  the  one  established  shall  be  partly  changed,  the 
public  shall  be  notified  at  least  eight  days  in  advance  not  only  as 
to  the  hours  of  departure  of  the  trains  and  of  their  arrival  at  the 
stations,  but  also  of  the  points  at  which  they  are  to  stop. 

CHAPTER  VII. 

PROVISIONS  AS  TO   PASSENGERS   AND  PERSONS  NOT  IN  THE  RAILROAD  SERVICE. 

ART.  94.  The  entrance  into  Railroads  is  generally  prohibited  to 
all  persons  not  employed  in  the  service.  From  this  provision  are 
excepted — 

1.  The  superior  authorities  of  a  Province. 

2.  The  local  authorities. 

3.  The  engineer  and  other  employees  charged  with  the  surveil- 
lance of  the  road. 

4.  Soldiers  and  customs  officers  and   police  agents,  when  they 
come  with  the  express  permission  of  the  proper  authority  in  order 
to  perform  some  service. 

5.  Persons  obtaining  permission  from  the  Company. 

ART.  95.  The  passenger  who  does  not  present  his  ticket  entitling 
him  to  occupy  a  seat  in  the  train,  or,  having  one  of  a  lower  class, 
occupies  one  of  a  higher  class,  shall  in  the  first  case  pay  double 
fare,  according  to  the  schedule  of  rates,  and  in  the  second  case 
twice  the  difference  between  fares,  computed  from  the  station  at 
which  he  entered  the  train  to  his  destination.  If  the  passenger 
does  not  prove  where  he  entered  the  train,  the  double  fare  shall  be 
estimated  by  the  distance  from  the  place  in  which  the  last  exami- 
nation of  tickets  was  made. 


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ART.  96.  In  case  a  passenger  goes  beyond  the  place  indicated 
in  his  ticket,  he  shall  only  pay  the  excess  corresponding  to  the 
greater  distance  traveled,  provided  he.  informs  the  chief  of  the 
train  before  starting  from  the  station  stated  in  his  ticket. 

If  this  notice  shall  not  have  been  previously  given,  he  shall  pay 
double  the  amount  of  the  excess  of  the  distance  which  he  may 
have  traveled  without  a  ticket. 

ART.  97.  The  passenger  who,  on  account  of  the  lack  of  cars, 
shall  be  obliged  to  go  into  one  of  a  higher  class  than  the  one  to 
which  he  is  entitled  by  his  ticket,  shall  pay  nothing  to  the  Company 
on  account  of  the  higher  fare. 

If,  on  the  contrary,  he  may  be  obliged  to  occupy  a  seat  of  a  lower 
class,  the  Company  shall  refund  to  him  the  amount  of  his  ticket  as 
soon  as  his  trip  ends. 

ART.  98.  It  is  absolutely  prohibited — 

1.  To  enter  or  leave  the  cars  by  any  other  exit  than  that  opening 
onto  the  platforms. 

2.  To  go  from  one  car  to  another,  unless  there  be  a  connection 
between  them ;  or  to  lean  out  of  the  car  while  it  is  in  motion. 

3.  To  enter  or  leave  the  cars  except  at  stations  and  when  the 
train  shall  have  come  to  a  complete  stop. 

4.  To  enter  the  cars  while  the  train  is  in  motion. 

5.  To  admit  into  the  cars  more  passengers  than  can  be  provided 
with  seats. 

ART.  99.  No  intoxicated  person  shall  be  permitted  to  enter  the 
cars,  nor  anyone  carrying  loaded  firearms,  or  packages  which, 
because  of  their  shape,  size,  or  bad  odor,  may  inconvenience  the  pas- 
sengers ;  nor  shall  any  person  with  a  firearm  be  permitted  on  the 
platform,  without  first  proving  that  it  is  not  loaded. 

ART;  100.  Passengers  have  a  right  to  compel  the  ejection  from 
the  car,  by  the  employes  of  the  Company  or  of  the  Government,  of 
anyone  misbehaving,  or  who,  by  word  or  action,  is  offensive,  or 
shall  interfere  with  the  orders  established,  or  occasion  disturbances 
or  quarrels,  as  well  as  those  who  smoke  in  a  car  not  reserved  for 
smokers. 

ART.  101.  The  Company  shall  always  reserve  one  or  more  first- 
class  sections  in  passenger  trains  for  ladies  who,  traveling  alone, 
may  request  it,  and  another  section  in  which  smoking  shall,  be 
allowed. 

These  sections  shall  be  designated  by  signs  stating  their  reserva- 
tion. 

ART.  102.  Dogs  ar'e  not  allowed  on  passenger  cars ;  nevertheless 
the  Company  may  admit,  in  special  cars,  persons  who  do  not  desire 
to  part  from  their  dogs,  whenever  the  latter  are  muzzled. 


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ART.*103.  If  any  passenger  violates  the  provisions  of  these  Regu- 
lations, the  agent  of  the  administrative  inspection,  or  in  his  absence 
the  station  and  train  chief,  shall  warn  him  in  due  season,  and  when 
the  gravity  of  the  case  demands  it,  institute  the  proper  investiga- 
tion, in  order  to  establish  the  facts. 

ART.  104.  In  order  that  the  passengers  may  make  their  claims, 
not  only  against  the  Company,  but  against  its  agents  and  employees, 
there  shall  be  in  each  station  a  registry,  which  shall  be  inspected 
every  month  by  those  in  charge  of  the  administrative  and  business 
inspection. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

RECEIPT,  TRANSPORTATION,  AND  DELIVERY  OF  BAGGAGE   AND  MERCHANDISE. 

ART.  105.  The  objects  which  are  transported  by  Railroads  are 
classified,  for  the  purposes  of  these  Regulations,  as  follows: 

1.  Baggage. 

2.  Parcels. 

3.  Merchandise. 

4.  Cattle  of  all  kinds. 

ART.  106.  Baggage  is  understood  to  include  clothing,  or  things 
for  immediate  use,  destined  for  the  shelter,  ornament,  or  cleanliness 
of  passengers ;  books  or  tools  of  trade  or  profession,  contained  in 
trunks,  chests,  valises,  small  chests,  boxes,  hat  boxes,  satchels,  sad- 
dlebags, hand  bags,  pillows,  or  under  any  covering  whatsoever, 
or  unpacked. 

ART.  107.  Baggage  shall  be  transported  in  the  same  trains  which 
carry  its  owners,  and  shall  be  delivered  to  them  at  the  end  of  the  trip. 

ART.  108.  Parcels  are  understood  to  be  all  the  packages  which, 
without  being  subject  to  a  declaration  of  contents,  require  special 
care  and  are  transported  with  the  same  speed  as  passengers. 

ART.  109.  All  the  things  which  are  not  included  in  the  classifi- 
cation of  the  previous  articles,  are  designated  under  the  general 
name  of  merchandise. 

ART.  110.  The  fourth  classification  comprises  cattle,  hogs,  sheep, 
goats ;  draft,  burden  and  saddle  animals ;  dogs,  and  other  domestic 
animals,  and  domestic  and  pet  birds  in  cages  or  boxes  with  slats. 

ART.  111.  Whosoever  sends  merchandise  to  the  railroad  stations 
shall  make  a  previous  declaration  as  to  the  number  of  packages, 
weight,  class,  and  quality. 

Special  precautionary  measures  shall  be  adopted  for  the  trans- 
portation of  such  merchandise  as  may  cause  explosions  or  fires,  or 
the  deterioration  or  contact  of  which  may  damage  others,  more  or 
less. 

ART.  112.  Every  delivery  made  in  the  place  designated  for  the 
proper  employees  of  the  company  to  receive  articles  to  be  trans- 
ported shall  be  considered  as  a  proper  delivery  and  legally  made. 


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The  subordinate  employees  exclusively  occupied  in  manual  labor 
and  the  mechanical  laborers  in  the  offices  and  stations  shall  not  be 
considered  as  such  proper  employees. 

ART.  113.  The  Company  shall  be  obliged  to  make  a  bill  of  lading 
of  the  parcels  brought  to  it;  and  for  this  purpose  the  Company 
shall  keep  numbered  stub  books ;  one  in  which  the  articles  to  be 
transported  with  the  same  speed  as  passengers  shall  be  noted; 
another  in  which  a  record  shall  be  kept  of  the  articles  to  be  carried 
in  freight  trains. 

In  both,  the  weight  and  the  rate  of  transportation  of  the  articles 
shall  be  stated,  in  the  same  order  of  dates  as  they  are  entered  in  the 
registry,  unless  the  sender  willingly  consents  to  waive  this  privilege. 

At  the  time  of  delivery  a  stub  shall  be  given  to  the  sender  or  the 
person  in  charge  of  the  article,  in  which  the  number,  class,  weights, 
rate  of  transportation,  and  time  in  which  it  is  to  be  delivered  shall 
be  stated. 

ART.  114.  The  responsibility  of  the  Company  as  to  delivery,  to 
which  the  previous  article  refers,  commences  from  the  moment  in 
which  the  Company  has  taken  charge  of  the  merchandise,  in  the 
place  where  it  is  to  be  received,  although  the  person  in  charge  of 
this  service  may  not  have  entered  it  in  the  books  of  registry. 

ART.  115.  The  Government,  in  accord  with  the  Companies,  and 
after  the  information  which  it  may  deem  convenient,  shall  desig- 
nate the  stations  where  tickets  for  passengers  are  to  be  sold,  and 
merchandise  billed  to  all  the  points  connected  with  the  Railroads, 
even  when  these  points  belong  to  other  Companies,  as  for  the  pur- 
poses of  transportation  all  are  to  be  considered  as  one  line,  and  for 
such  cases  the  Royal  Decree  of  the  Treasury  Department  of  January 
10, 1863,  shall  be  in  force  and  considered  a  part  of  these  Regulations. 

ART.  116.  The  passenger  carrying  in  his  baggage  jewels,  precious 
stones,  bank  notes,  money,  stocks  of  industrial  companies,  bonds 
of  the  national  debt,  or  other  valuables,  shall  state  it,  exhibiting 
them  before  the  record  is  made,  declaring  the  total  amount  repre- 
sented by  these  articles,  either  as  to  their  selling  price  or  the  price 
at  which  he  estimates  them. 

The  failure  to  comply  with  this  requisite  shall  relieve  the  Com- 
pany of  all  liability  in  case  of  theft  or  loss. 

ART.  117.  When  the  Company,  suspicious  of  the  falsity  of  the 
declaration  of  the  contents  of  a  parcel,  shall  determine  to  examine 
it,  the  Company  shall  proceed  to  do  so  before  witnesses,  and  in  the 
presence  of  the  sender  or  the  consignee.  If  the  latter,  invited  by  the 
Company,  are  not  present  at  the  time,  they  shall  be  cited  for  that 
purpose  by  a  Notary  Public  who  shall  be  requested  to  do  so  by  an 
expressed  order  of  the  proper  authority.  If  even  then  they  do 
not  appear,  the  parcel  shall  be  opened  in  the  presence  of  the  Notary 
and  the  witnesses. 


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A  proper  statement  shall  be  drawn  of  the  examination  and  its 
result,  signed  by  all  those  present  and  certified  to  by  the  Notary,  in 
case  this  officer  is  present.  The  place  and  date  of  examination  shall 
be  set  forth,  the  notice  given  to  the  sender  or  to  the  consignee,  his 
presence  or  refusal  to  attend,  the  kind  of  merchandise,  its  condition 
and  number,  details  according  to  the  declaration,  and  everything 
which  may  appear  and  be  shown  from  the  examination  at  the  time 
the  parcel  containing  it  is  opened ;  the  names,  residence,  profession, 
or  business  of  the  witnesses. 

ART.  118.  After  the  statement  of  the  examination  shall  be 
drawn,  according  to  the  provisions  of  the  preceding  article,  the 
Company  shall  send  it  to  the  Governor  of  the  Province,  so  that  the 
proper  steps  may  be  taken  by  the  Government  without  prejudice 
to  the  right  of  sending  it  also  to  the  competent  court  in  case  of  a 
civil  or  criminal  action. 

ART.  119.  The  Company  shall  not  delay  the  time  designated  for 
forwarding  the  parcels  agreed  to  with  the  shippers,  not  even  giv- 
ing as  an  excuse  the  examination  of  the  parcels,  on  account  of 
suspicions  of  fraud  or  any  other  reason,  as  the  examination  can 
always  be  made  at  the  point  of  delivery.  If  the  examination 
shows  that  the  shipper  has  not  made  a  false  declaration,  the  Com- 
pany shall  pay  all  the  expenses  of  again  closing  the  parcels  and 
putting  them  in  their  original  condition. 

ART.  120.  Whosoever  shall  make  a  false  declaration  when  ship- 
ping merchandise  to  the  stations,  in  order  to  pay  a  lower  rate  than 
that  of  the  schedule,  shall  pay  the  Company  twice  the  excess,  and 
indemnify  the  Company  for  all  damages  and  losses. 

ART.  121.  When  the  Company  shall  receive  articles  under  a 
sealed  cover,  it  shall  be  exempt  from  all  liability  when  delivering 
them  with  the  seals  intact  and  in  the  original  form  to  the  shipper 
or  to  the  consignee. 

ART.  122.  If  cash  payment  is  not  made  in  advance  for  the 
transportation  charges  as  per  schedule,  the  Company  may  refuse 
to  carry  empty  cases,  as  well  as  merchandise  which  may  be  dam- 
aged, or  that  requiring  additional  cover  to  preserve  it ;  and  finally, 
that  which,  on  account  of  its  small  value,  will  not  cover  the  cost  of 
transportation. 

ART.  123.  The  Companies  have  a  right  to  refuse  parcels  badly 
made  up,  and  all.  those  not  sufficiently  packed  so  as  to  preserve 
the  merchandise  they  contain.  Nevertheless,  if  the  sender  should 
insist  that  they  be  admitted,  the  Company  shall  be  obliged  to 
forward  them,  exempt  from  all  liability,  if  the  Company  records  its 
opposition,  according  to  existing  provisions,  in  the  receipt  issued. 

ART.  124.  When  the  receipt  or  voucher  given  to  the  interested 
parties  by  the  Company  does  not  state  the  opposition  to  receive  the 


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merchandise  to  which,  the  preceding  article  refers,  the  Company 
shall  be  liable  for  the  damages  proved  at  the  time  of  delivery  at 
the  point  of  destination ;  but  'even  in  this  case  it  may  evade  the 
liability  if  it  proves  that  the  damages  can  not  be  ascribed  to  it.  ' 

ART.  125.  Animals,  merchandise,  or  any  other  articles  to  be 
transported  at  great  speed,  shall  leave  in  the  first  train  which 
includes  cars  of  all  kinds,  provided  they  have  been  presented  for 
record  three  hours  before  the  time  of  departure  of  the  trains. 
They  shall  be  at  the  disposal  of  the  persons  to  whom  they  are 
addressed  two  hours  after  the  arrival  of  the  train.  If  there  be  no 
trains  with  cars  of  all  kinds  which  run  to  the  place  of  destination, 
they  are  to  be  transported  in  the  first  one  leaving,  whether  it  be  an 
express  or  mail  train. 

When  the  transportation  is  to  be  made  at  slow  speed,  they  shall 
be  forwarded,  forty-eight  hours  at  the  latest,  after  the  entry  of  the 
articles,  which  shall  be  at  the  disposal  of  the  consignees  twenty-four 
hours  after  the  arrival  of  the  train.  For  the  transportation  of 
draft  and  saddle  animals,  the  number  of  hours'  notice  shall  be  given 
provided  for  by  the  schedules. 

ART.  12G.  The  shipping  papers  delivered  by  the  Company  to  the 
conductors  of  the  freight  trains  shall  serve  as  proof  in  favor  of  the 
owners  who  may  have  lost  their  receipt,  whenever  they  are 
identified. 

ART.  127.  The  regular  schedule  rates  shall  be  applicable  to  all 
packages  or  parcels,  which,  although  packed  separately,  con- 
stitute a  remittance  of  more  than  50  kilograms,  provided  it  is  made 
by  one  individual  and  addressed  to  a  single  person. 

The  parcels  and  excess  of  baggage,  under  similar  conditions, 
shall  be  considered  as  a  single  remittance  for  the  collection  of  the 
rates  fixed  by  the  special  schedule. 

The  Express  Companies  and  other  carriers  shall  not  enjoy  these 
benefits  unless  the  articles  forwarded  by  them  are  packed  in  a 
single  parcel. 

ART.  128.  As  for  the  payment  of  transportation  charges  on  mer- 
chandise, animals,  and  other  articles  not  included  in  the  schedule, 
they  may  be  included  in  the  class  to  which  they  are  most  similar, 
which  classifications  may  be  made  temporarily  by  the  Company 
itself,  but  always  submitting  them  to  the  Colonial  Department, 
which  may  change,  admit,  or  refuse  them,  as  it  may  deem  best. 

ART.  129.  Whenever  a  parcel  contains  merchandise  of  different 
kinds,  the  rate  of  transportation  to  be  charged  shall  be  that  for 
the  highest  class. 

ART.  130.  The  Companies  may  establish,  within  the  maximum 
schedules  which  they  may  have  been  permitted  to  make,  and  with- 
out damage  to  the  national  ports  and  manufactures,  other  special 


rates,  in  favor  of  foreigners,  between  given  points  on  the  line ;  but 
the  privilege  to  enjoy  these  rates  shall  not  extend  to  transportation 
between  other  points. 

ART.  131.  The  Companies  may  reduce  the  schedule  rates  in  favor 
of  the  shippers  who  may  accept  a  longer  time  of  delivery  than 
those  fixed  for  slow  speed,  and  of  those  who  shall  obligate  them- 
selves to  forward  a  minimum  number  of  tons,  or  those  who  shall 
offer  any  advantage  for  the  transportation ;  but  in  no  case  can  the 
Companies  evade  the  liability  imposed  on  them  by  these  regu- 
lations for  bad  service. 

AKT.  132.  Any  special  reduction  or  condition  granted  in  favor  of 
one  or  more  shippers  shall  be  extended  to  all  those  demanding  it,  if 
they  comply  with  identical  conditions. 

ART.  133.  "Whenever  a  Company  grants  to  one  or  more  shippers 
a  reduction  of  the  schedule  rates,  the  Company  shall  inform  the 
Government  of  the  conditions  under  which  it  has  been  made. 

The  Companies  shall  open  a  registry  in  which  these  conditions 
shall  be  recorded,  and  said  registry  shall  be  shown  to  persons  who 
may  request  it.  The  registry  shall  be  numbered  by  pages  and 
rubricated  by  the  chief  of  the  business  inspection. 

ART.  134.  When  there  are  special  schedules  for  the  transporta- 
tion of  certain  merchandise,  notice  shall  be  given  the  shippers 
at  the  time  it  is  shipped,  so  that  they  may  select  the  one  most 
advantageous. 

ART.  135.  The  rates  fixed  for  the  transportation  of  merchandise, 
under  special  schedules,  can  not  be  increased  until  after  one  year 
has  elapsed  from  their  publication. 

ART.  136.  The  rates  fixed  for  the  transportation  of  merchandise, 
by  virtue  of  special  schedules,  can  not  be  increased  until  after  the 
expiration  of  one  year  from  the  time  of  their  publication. 

ART.  137.  The' delay  in  transportation  shall  give  a  right  to  an 
indemnity  for  damages,  except  in  cases  of  force  majeure. 

ART.  138.  The  burden  of  proof  in  cases  of  force  majeure  is  on 
the  Company;  and  until  the  Company  shall  have  proved  it,  its 
liability  shall  stand. 

ART.  139.  Robbery  shall  not  be  considered  a  case  of  force  majeure, 
except  when  the  Company  proves  that  it  did  everything  in  its 
power  to  prevent  it ;  nor  fire,  unless  it  be  proved  that  it  was  due 
to  the  negligence  or  to  the  carelessness  of  the  employees ;  nor  the 
insufficiency  or  bad  condition  of  the  means  of  transportation. 

ART.  140.  The  Railroad  Companies  having  terminals  at  the  mari- 
time ports,  provided  they  comply  with  the  formalities  and  condi- 
tions prescribed  by  the  custom-houses,  may  use  instead  of  a  bag- 
gage depot  for  the  examination  of  the  baggage,  the  trains  by  which 
it  is  carried. 


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ART.  141.  The  Company  which  may  have  carried  merchandise, 
without  founding  any  claims  whatever,  shall  have  a  right  of  action 
for  the  expense  of  the  transportation  and  care  of  the  merchandise 
kept  in  good  condition,  against  the  consignees  or  the  shippers. 

In  default  of  payment,  proceedings  shall  be  instituted  in  accord- 
ance with  the  Commercial  Code. 

ART.  142.  The  consignee  shall  pay  the  expenses  of  repacking 
whenever  the  Company  shall  prove  that  it  was  done  to  preserve  the 
merchandise  which  would  otherwise  have  decayed  or  been  lost. 

ART.  143.  Every  action,  the  object  of  which  is  commercial, 
against  the  Company  and  in  regard  to  transportation,  shall  be 
brought  in  the  Courts. 

ART.  144.  The  provisions  of  law  which  submit  to  proof  the  weights 
and  measures  of  merchants  and  manufacturers  in  their  warehouses, 
stores,  and  shops  open  to  the  public,  are  applicable  to  Railroad 
Companies  in  all  matters  referring  to  transportation. 

ART.  145.  The  Companies  shall  always  be  liable  for  the  loss 
and  damage  of  articles  intrusted  to  their  care,  whether  the  damage 
is  due  to  the  employees  themselves  or  to  strangers  who  may 
frequent  the  offices. 

ART.  146.  If  the  Company  leases  a  space  in  one  of  the  cars  of  its 
trains,  and  does  not  directly  nor  indirectly  interfere  in  the  hand- 
ling of  the  freight,  the  Company  shall  not  be  liable  for  the  loss  and 
damage  which  may  result,  being  exempt  from  all  responsibility. 

ART.  147.  In  case  of  loss  or  damage  of  the  article  transported, 
the  Company  first  charged  with  its  handling  can  not  claim,  against 
the  others  who  were  charged  with  the  transportation,  unless  it 
prove  that  the  merchandise  was  delivered  to  them  in  good  condi- 
tion. All  the  Railroad  Companies  are  considered  to  be  connected 
without  a  break,  as  if  they  were  a  single  line,  for  the  purpose  of 
transportation  contracts. 

ART.  148.  The  Companies  are  not  responsible  for  the  natural 
wear  and  tear  on  the  merchandise  when  it  is  greater  than  ordinary, 
nor  can  it  be  for  fraud  or  carelessness. 

ART.  149.  In  case  the  merchandise  does  not  arrive  at  its  destina- 
tion in  good  condition  at  the  stated  time,  the  owner  or  consignee 
has  the  right  to  insist  on  the  liability  of  the  Company  which  may 
have  failed  in  carrying  out  the  conditions. 

In  the  same  way  it  may  be  insisted  on  when  the  parcels,  clearly 
and  distinctly  marked  so  that  no  doubt  can  arise,  are  delivered  to 
a  person  different  from  the  one  who  was  to  receive  them. 

ART.  150.  Unjustifiable  delay  of  passenger  trains  shall  always 
be  punished  by  fine,  in  accordance  with  Article  12  of  the  Railroad 
Police  Laws,  when  the  delay  shall  exceed  ten  minutes  for  a  run  of 
100  kilometers  for  express  and  mail  trains,  and  twenty  minutes  for 
the  same  distance  in  case  of  mixed  trains. 


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The  Companies  shall  also  be  punished  by  fine,  without  prejudice 
to  their  civil  liability,  when  in  the  freight  service  the  loss  or  dam- 
age in  handling  the  merchandise  shall  be  due  to  negligence  or 
carelessness,  and  when  the  delays  exceed  from  one-fourth  to  double 
the  time  provided  for  in  the  Regulations  or  agreed  upon  for  the 
delivery . 

ART.  151.  If  only  part  of  the  merchandise  is  delivered  by  the 
Company  within  the  time  provided  by  these  Regulations,  the  other 
part  shall  be  the  basis  for  damages ;  but  the  damages  shall  cover 
both,  when  the  consignee  shall  prove  the  impossibility  of  using 
one  without  the  other. 

Exceptions  are  made  in  cases  of  accident  and  of  force  majeure, 
which  must  be  proved  on  the  same  day  and  place  on  which  they 
may  occur,  and  not  by  certificates  obtained  subsequently,  and  once 
the  proceedings  have  been  begun,  unless  a  disturbance  of  public 
order  may  have  prevented  the  authorities  from  freely  performing 
their  duties. 

ART.  152.  If  the  owner  of  parcels  or  packages  temporarily  mis- 
laid shall  have  been  indemnified  for  their  loss,  the  Company  may, 
when  the  parcels  are  found,  cite  the  owner  to  be  present  at  the 
opening ;  and  once  the  delivery  is  made,  the  company  shall  recover 
the  amount  it  paid,  making  amends  for  the  damage  due  to  the 
delay.  If  from  the  investigation  of  the  articles  a  fraud  shall 
appear  to  have  been  committed  in  the  declarations  made  by  the 
owner,  the  Company  shall  in  turn  have  a  right  to  collect  damages, 
giving  information  of  the  fraud  to  the  Courts  of  Justice. 

ART.  153.  The  Companies  may  establish  ordinary  transportation 
service  in  order  to  facilitate  the  communication  between  towns  and 
the  neighboring  stations. 

The  interested  parties  shall  nevertheless  be  at  liberty  to  carry 
the  goods  in  their  own  vehicles  or  send  them  by  trustworthy  per- 
sons should  they  prefer  it ;  but  in  such  case,  when  the  parcels  are 
delivered  to  the  stations,  this  fact  must  be  stated. 

The  Companies  shall  then  advise  the  consignee  of  the  arrival  of 
the  trains,  so  that  he  may  send  for  the  merchandise  belonging  to 
him.  Forty-eight  hours  are  allowed  for  such  purpose,  and  if  he 
does  not  remove  the  merchandise  from  the  station  storage  shall  be 
charged. 

ART.  154.  The  Companies  may  also  establish  schedules  in  com- 
bination with  other  land  or  maritime  transportation  companies, 
with  the  condition  that  on  its  lines  the  same  rates  shall  be  charged 
as  when  the  articles  are  sent  to  the  points  favored  by  the  schedule, 
even  though  the  shippers,  at  their  own  expense,  shall  transport  the 
merchandise,  by  land  or  water,  employing  their  own  vehicles  or 
vessels. 


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ART.  155.  The  consignee  of  merchandise  can  not  refuse  to  receive 
it,  even  on  a  holiday,  if  he  be  in  his  house  when  the  merchandise 
is  brought  there. 

ART.  156.  The  consignee  who  may  desire  to  prove  the  weight  of 
the  merchandise  delivered  to  him  shall  pay  the  expenses  of  re- 
weighing,  provided  that  the  result  shall  be  the  weight  stated  in 
the  receipt,  as  provided  for  by  article  148. 

If  they  do  not  agree,  the  expense  shall  be  defrayed  by  the  Company. 

ART.  157.  The  examination  of  the  parcels  shall  be  made  judi- 
cially when  the  consignee  so  demands  it. 

Experts  called  for  this  purpose  shall  state  in  their  report  the  out- 
ward condition  of  the  parcels,  their  weight,  marks  and  numbers, 
the  nature  and  amount  of  the  merchandise  therein  contained,  their 
quality,  whether  they  have  been  wet  or  suffered  any  damage,  the 
time  when,  in  their  judgment,  the  damage  occurred,  the  probable 
cause  thereof,  and,  finally,  the  amount  of  the  damage. 

ART.  158.  The  receipt  for  the  articles  transported,  signed  by  the 
consignee,  and  the  payment  of  the  transportation  shall  extinguish 
all  right  of  action  against  the  carrier. 

ART.  159.  The  claims  against  the  Companies  for  loss  or  damage 
of  articles  transported  shall  be  deducted  in  the  manner  and  time 
provided  for  by  the  Commercial  Code. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

PROCEDURE    FOR   THE    PUNISHMENT    OF    CRIMES    AND    OFFENSES    AGAINST   THE 
SAFETY  AND  PRESERVATION  OF  RAILROADS. 

ART.  160.  The  Governor  General  shall  have  power — 

1.  To  see  that,  fully  exercising  all  his  powers   and  with   con- 
stant supervision,  the  Alcaldes,  in  so  far  as  they  relate  to  them, 
shall  in  all  respects  carry  out  the  provisions  of  the  Railroad  Police 
Law  and  of  these  Regulations. 

2.  To  impose  fines  for  the  offenses  stated  in  Article  12  of  the  Law, 
on  complaint  of  the  inspectors. 

ART.  161.  The  ordinary  tribunals  shall  have  jurisdiction  of  the 
crimes  committed,  on  Railroads,  according  to  the  procediire  and 
provisions  of  the  Railroad  Police  Law,  and  other  provisions  explan- 
atory of  the  same. 

ART.  162.  The  supervision  of  the  Railroads  shall  be  mainly  exer- 
cised by  the  officers  of  inspection  and  the  Companies'  employees, 
both  having  for  this  purpose  the  character  of  sworn  guards. 

ART.  163.  According  to  Titles  2,  3,  and  4  of  the  Railroad  Police 
Law  and  the  provisions  of  these  Regulations,  any  violation  of  these 
articles  shall  be  complained  of  to  the  Municipal  Judges  of  the  juris- 
diction where  they  may  be  committed,  whether  by  the  employees 
of  the  inspection  or  those  of  the  Company. 


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ART.  164.  The  complaint  authorized  by  the  title  and  signature 
of  the  complainant  shall  be  made  in  duplicate,  declaring  therein 
the  place  where  the  act  complained  of  occurred,  its  date,  the  date 
of  the  complaint,  the  name  and  description  of  the  offender,  his 
residence  and  domicile,  if  they  be  known.  On  one  of  the  two 
copied  of  the  complaint,  the  Judge  shall  acknowledge  receipt  thei^ef 
and  return  it  to  the  complainant,  keeping  the  other  as  the  origin 
and  basis  of  his  future  proceedings. 

ART.  165.  Immediately  after  hearing  the  interested  party,  the 
Judge  shall  demand  that  this  Law  and  these  Regulations  be  com- 
plied with,  imposing  the  fines  in  a  proper  case,  collecting  them  as 
soon  as  possible.  The  trial  being  ended  and  the  sentence  executed, 
the  Judge  shall  inform  the  inspectors  of  "the  line  of  the  result 
of  the  proceedings. 

ART.  166.  The  offenses  committed  by  the  owners  of  concessions 
or  lessors,  in  the  cases  mentioned  in  Article  12  of  this  Law,  shall  be 
punished  by  the  Governor  General,  on  official  complaint  of  the 
inspectors,  who  shall  specify  them  as  clearly  as  possible,  and  classify 
them  according  to  their  importance  and  consequences. 

ART.  167.  The  Governor,  after  hearing  the  owners  of  the  con- 
cessions, or  the  lessors  of  the  Railroads,  and  the  Administrative 
Council  which  hears  disputes,  shall  impose  on  them  the  penalty 
which  he  may  deem  proper,  according  to  the  Railroad  Police  Law. 
If  the  owners  of  the  concessions  or  the  lessors  seek  the  remittance 
of  the  fines,  they  shall  petition  the  Colonial  Department  through 
the  Governor,  who  shall  send  the  same,  with  his  own  report,  for  the 
proper  decision.  The  decision  shall  always  state  the  reasons,  after 
hearing  the  authorities  or  corporations  deemed  proper,  that  of  the 
full  Council  of  State  being  indispensable.  From  the  decision  of 
the  Secretary  there  shall  be  no  appeal. 

ART.  168.  The  authors  of  the  crimes  or  offenses  mentioned  in 
the  Railroad  Police  Law  shall  be  turned  over  to  the  competent  tri- 
bunal, whether  by  the  employees  of  the  Inspectors,  or  of  the  Com- 
pany, or  by  any  other  authority,  sending  mutual  assistance  in  order 
to  fufill  their  duty. 

CHAPTER  X. 

MISCELLANEOUS  PROVISIONS. 

ART.  169.  The  owners  of  concessions,  or  lessors,  may  freely 
appoint  and  discharge  their  employees;  but  the  Governor  General, 
by  the  authority  of  Article  15  of  the  Police  Law  and  in  the  cases 
mentioned  therein,  may  order  the  Company  to  discharge  any  of  its 
employees,  communicating  the  order  through  the  Chief  Inspectors, 
who  shall  see  that  the  employees  are  immediately  discharged  with- 
out any  appeal. 


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Discharge  from  the  service  may  be  directed — 

1.  When  the  reports  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  Public  Works  as 
to  the  technical  employees  show  that  these  are  incompetent  or  that 
they  have  placed  the  safety  of  the  trains  in  jeopardy. 

2.  When  the  reports  of  the  Inspecting  Chiefs  of  Administration 
as  to  any  employee  of  the  company  show  that  his  remaining  in 
the  employ  is  dangerous  either  to  the  security  of  the  trains  or  the 
maintenance  of  public  order. 

Nevertheless,  in  the  latter  case  the  discharge  can  not  be  directed 
nor  complaints  admitted  at  the  time  of  elections  or  thirty  days 
thereafter. 

ART.  170.  Railroad  employees  shall  wear  a  uniform,  differing 
according  to  their  class  and  the  road  to  which  they  belong. 

ART.  171.  Road  guards  and  gate  keepers  can  bear  the  same 
arms  and  enjoy  the  same  privileges  as  Government  guards. 

ART.  172.  No  engineer  shall  be  employed  in  the  Railroad  service 
without  previously  showing,  in  accordance  with  the  instructions 
ordered  by  the  Colonial  Department,  the  necessary  qualifications 
for  the  faithful  discharge  of  his  duties. 

ART.  173.  Notice  shall  be  given  immediately  by  the  Station 
Masters  to  the  Inspectors  and  to  the  Governor  General,  of  any 
accident  which  may  place  in  jeopardy  the  safety  of  the  trains  or 
endanger  the  passengers  or  employees  of  the  Company  or  any  other 
persons. 

ART.  174.  If  practice  shows  that  besides  the  water  and  fuel 
deposits  existing  for  the  use  of  the  engines,  other  intermediate 
deposits  at  distinct  points  of  the  road  are  necessary,  they  shall  be 
constructed  at  the  places  designated  by  the  Governor  after  hearing 
the  Companies  and  the  Chief  of  Public  Works. 

ART.  175..  The  special  Regulations  for  the  service  and  operation 
of  each  line  shall  be  submitted  by  the  owners  of  the  concession  to 
the  approval  of  the  Government. 

ART.  176.  The  written,  printed,  or  lithographed  instructions, 
orders,  circulars,  and  provisions  regarding  the  Railroad  service, 
shall  be  immediately  communicated  to  the  Inspectors. 

The  manuscript  orders  shall  be  copied  the  day  they  are  issued 
in  a  special  registry,  which  shall  be  presented  to  the  Inspectors 
whenever  demanded. 

ART.  177.  The  Chief  Inspectors  shall  have  the  right  to  examine 
the  accounts  of  the  Companies'  receipts  and  expenditures,  the 
Royal  Decrees  received  by  the  Companies,  and  any  other  documents 
referring  to  the  operation  of  the  road  and  by  which  its  real  condi- 
tion may  be  known. 

ART.  178.  All  the  notifications  to  the  railroad  Companies  shall 
be  made  at  their  domicile,  and  when  citations  are  served  on  the 


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Station  Masters  the  citations  shall  be  of  legal  value  only  when  the 
Station  Masters  are  duly  authorized  to  represent  the  Companies. 

ART.  179.  The  Companies  shall  not  resist  the  attachment  of  their 
warehouses  and  depots  when  made  by  judicial  order.  When  attach- 
ment is  made,  in  no  case  shall  the  articles  attached  be  dispatched 
and  returned  to  the  shipper  or  consignee,  but  they  shall  alway^be 
at  the  disposal  of  the  Court. 

ART.  180.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  Company  to  keep  in  good  condi- 
tion the  articles  which  for  any  reason  may  have  been  deposited  in 
its  stations. 

When  they  need  more  care  than  the  Company  can  exercise,  the 
procedure  shall  be  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  Com- 
mercial Codes  for  similar  cases. 

ART.  181.  The  articles  forgotten  by  passengers  and  left  in  trains 
or  waiting  rooms,  those  falling  on  the  way  when  the  train  passes, 
and  all  those  the  owners,  shippers,  or  consignees  of  which  are  un- 
known, shall  be  kept  in  a  depository;  a  special  record  shall  be 
made  of  them,  stating  the  date  and  place  of  finding  the  same,  and 
their  description. 

ART.  182.  If  after  the  third  publication  of  the  advertisement  in 
the  Gaceta  Oficial  de  Puerto  Rico,  and  after  a  year  has  elapsed, 
nobody  shall  claim  the  articles  forgotten  or  lost,  referred  to  in  the 
previous  article,  they  shall  be  sold  at  auction  and  the  proceeds 
applied  to  charity  organizations,  after  deducting  the  expenses  for 
care  and  storage. 

ART.  183.  The  telegraph  lines  in  charge  of  the  Companies  shall 
only  send  news,  notices,  and  dispatches  regarding  the  Railroad 
service. 

ART.  184.  The  care  as  well  as  the  attendance  and  maintenance 
of  the  telegraph  material,  including  the  wire  devoted  to  the  Gov- 
ernment service,  shall  be  at  the  expense  of  the  Companies. 

The  offenses  committed  against  the  telegraph  service,  and  those 
causing  destruction  or  damage  of  its  material,  shall  be  considered 
offenses  committed  against  the  road,  and  as  such  punished  accord- 
ing to  the  provisions  of  Title  5  of  the  Railroad  Police  Law. 

ART.  185.  In  the  most  public  places  of  the  stations,  and  espe- 
cially in  the  waiting  rooms,  there  shall  always  be  posted,  for  pub- 
lic information,  copies  of  these  Regulations. 

Its  provisions  and  those  of  the  document  of  conditions  referring 
to  merchandise  shall  also  be  posted  in  the  places  where  the  latter 
is  received. 

ART.  186.  The  chief  conductor  of  every  train  shall  always  carry 
011  the  trip  a  copy  of  these  Regulations. 

The  engineers,  firemen,  brakemen,  road  guards,  and  other  em- 
ployees in  the  service  of  Railroads,  shall  be  given  an  extract  of 
the  provisions  of  the  Regulations  which  they  may  have  to  observe. 

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ART.  187."  The  Secretary  of  the  Colonies  or  the  Governor  Gen- 
eral, as  the  case  may  be,  has  the  power  to  fix  the  times  when  the 
Companies  must  submit  for  approval  their  Regulations,  schedules, 
and  other  provisions,  which  they  are  compelled  to  do. 

If  the  time  fixed  elapses  without  the  Companies  doing  so,  the 
Government  shall  decide  as  it  may  deem  best. 

ART.  188.  The  offenses  against  these  Regulations,  the  decisions 
of  the  Government,  and  those  adopted  by  the  Governor  General 
with  the  approval  of  the  Government  or  by  virtue  of  his  author- 
ity, referring  to  Railroads  and  their  best  service  and  police,  shall 
be  punished  according  to  Title  5  of  the  Railroad  Police  Law. 

ART.  189.  In  matters  not  provided  for  in  these  Regulations,  as 
to  service  and  police  of  the  Railroads,  the  Regulations  in  force  in 
Spain  shall  be  temporarily  followed,  if  they  do  not  conflict  with 
the  Puerto  Rican  Regulations,  without  prejudice  to  the  right  to 
consult  the  Colonial  Department  for  the  final  decision  for  the 
future. 

Approved  by  Royal  Decree  of  this  date. 

BALAGUER. 
MADRID,  January  16,  1888. 


DEPAKTMENT  OF  PUBLIC  WORKS,  CIVIL  CONSTRUCTION, 
FORESTS,  AND  MINES. 


RAILROADS. 

His  Excellency,  the  Secretary  of  the  Colonies,  communicates  to 
the  Governor  General,  under  date  of  the  6th  ultimo  and  under 
No.  101,  the  following  Royal  Decree : 

COLONIAL  DEPARTMENT. 


KOYAL  DECREE. 


MOST  EXCELLENT  SIR:  In  view  of  the  consultation  by  Your 
Excellency  in  communication  No.  2111,  of  the  15th  of  last  Sep- 
tember, considering  the  work  of  extending  the  lines  of  the  Matan- 
zas  Railroad,  as  to  whether  in  cases  such  as  this  there  shall  be 
applied  the  provisions  of  the  Law  and  Regulations  of  Railroads, 
for  the  construction  and  service  of  those  roads  declared  of  general 
utility,  or  the  provision  of  the  same  Law  and  Regulations  of  Rail- 
roads for  private  use: 

Whereas,  in  Article  2  of  the  Law  of  Railroads,  Railroads  are 
divided  into  those  of  general  and  private  service,  and  Chapter  X 
refers  to  the  latter  under  the  heading  ' '  Railroads  devoted  to  private 
use,"  to  which,  according  to  Article  63,  there  shall  not  be  granted 
the  right  of  eminent  domain,  nor  the  occupation  of  lands  belonging 
to  the  State,  but  only  those  of  public  property ;  and  whereas,  Article 
64  declares  that  there  may  be  Railroads  for  private  use  which  at  the 
same  time  may  render  public  service,  and  for  such  cases  it  says 
that  there  may  be  granted  the  occupation  of  lands  belonging  to  the 
State,  by  virtue  of  a  law,  and  the  right  of  eminent  domain,  and 
that  therefore  Articles  63  and  64  well  define  the- legal  existence  of 
Railroads  devoted  exclusively  to  private  use,  and  of  the  Railroads 
which,  besides  having  that  use,  may  perform  public  service,  which 
can  not  be  any  other  than  the  transportation  of  passengers  and 
merchandise;  and  whereas,  the  said  articles  also  state  what  the 
administration  may  grant,  and  how  and  in  what  cases,  making  no 
distinction  for  this  between  one  class  of  Railroads  and  the  other, 
and  referring  to  the  legislative  power,  the  occupation  of  State  lands 

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and  condemnation,  when  either  is  asked,  because,  when  it  is  not 
asked,  said  power  is  not  exercised,  as  the  administration  has 
authority  to  finally  resolve  as  to  the  occupation  of  public  property ; 
that  if  there  could  be  any  doubt  whatever,  and  it  should  be  con- 
tended that  the  Railroads  should  comply  with  different  rules  and 
Regulations,  the  doubt  would  be  dispelled  by  reading  Article  65, 
which  tacitly  grants  the  same  rights  to  both  classes  of  Railroads, 
and  that  giving  the  law  a  different  interpretation  from  the  above 
would  be  equivalent  to  declaring  that,  when  a  Railroad  is  exclu- 
sively devoted  to  private  use  it  has  more  facilities,  advantages, 
and  rights  than  when  the  same  Railroad  does  public  service,  even 
if  in  both  cases  the  Companies  only  ask  the  occupation  of  public 
property. 

Considering  that  the  same  findings  may  be  deduced  not  only  from 
the  examination  of  the  Railroad  Law,  but  also  from  the  examination 
of  the  Regulations  for  its  application,  Articles  72,  73,  and  74  are 
developments  of  Article  G3.of  the  Law,  and  Articles  75,  76,  and  77  of 
Article  64 ;  but  only  when  condemnation  or  occupation  of  State  lands 
is  asked,  or  both  at  the  same  time,  which  is  the  case  provided  for 
in  Article  64;  that  the  text  of  Article  75  leaves  no  doubt  as  to  this 
point,  because  the  words,  in  this  case,  with  which  the  second  par- 
agraph commences,  only  refer  to  petitions  asking  the  occupation 
of  land  of  the  State,  and  forcible  condemnation,  as  the  Council  of 
Administration  of  that  Island  judiciously  says  in  its  report,  and 
that  if  there  be  a  desire  to  give  the  words  any  other  interpretation 
it  could  not  be  done  after  reading  paragraph  third  of  the  same 
Article  75,  and  Articles  76  and  77,  which  provide  for  its  fulfillment; 
and,  considering  that  in  all  these  Articles  it  may  be  seen  that  they 
only  refer  to  condemnation  and  occupation  of  State  property,  and 
also  that  there  is  only  one  object  stated  in  the  second  paragraph  of 
Article  77,  which  is  to  give  the  Government  all  the  necessary  facts 
to  present  to  the  Cortes  the  proper  form  of  law. 

In  conformity  with  the  opinion  of  the  full  Consulting  Board  of 
Roads,  Canals,  and  Ports,  the  King  (may  God  preserve  him),  and  in 
his  name  the  Queen  Regent  of  the  Kingdom,  has  deemed  proper  to 
order,  as  a  decision  in  the  said  consultation,  that  the  formalities 
which  must  be  complied  with  for  the  construction  and  operation  of 
the  roads  of  that  Island,  devoted  to  public  use,  which  may  not  have 
been  declared  of  general  utility,  and  for  which  neither  the  right  of 
eminent  domain  nor  the  occupation  of  State  lands  is  asked,  although 
possibly  those  which  are  public  property  shall  be  the  formalities 
stated  in  Articles  62,  63,  and  65  of  the  Railroad  Law,  and  in  Arti- 
cles 73  and  74  of  the  Regulations,  and  that  said  decision  shall  be 
extended  to  the  Railroads  of  the  same  class  in  Puerto  Rico. 


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By  Royal  Order  I  inform  Your  Excellency,  accompanying  this 
with  a  copy  of  the  Gaceta  de  Madrid,  in  which  the  said  Royal 
Decree  is  published,  which  must  also  be  published  in  the  Official 
Gazette  of  that  Island. 

May  God  preserve  Your  Excellency  many  years. 

MADRID,  February  7,  1888. 

BALAGUER. 

And  His  Excellency,  the  Governor  General,  having  decreed  its 
execution  under  date  of  the  5th  instant,  has  ordered  that  it  shall 
bo  published  in  this  official  paper  for  general  information. 

PUERTO  Rico,  March  10,  1888. 

MIGUEL  VASCONI, 
Secretary  pro  tempore  of  the  General  Government. 


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